Stress: Students' problems can't measure up to those of the unemployed

For each individual, stress is received and handled differently. For someone stress might be a petty thing while for someone else stress might be taking over his or her lives. Stress can occur in anyone and for any reason. To some people, one stressor can be the worst thing possible, and for others can be quite small compared to their own stressor.

Many types of stress affect different types of people. For example, take a student in high school. Stress revolving around them might include tests, homework, colleges, and pressure from their parents, family members and peers. For a high school student, this stress could take a toll and affect daily life. It might sound like I am blowing this whole issue out of proportion, but there truly is a lot of stress when it comes to school and making the grade. You were a student once; don’t you remember all the hardships, homework and stress built upon you as a student?

While a student has understandable stress, it does not measure up to the stress that other kids may feel or adults. The unemployed, hurt, and homeless of American of course have a heavy load on their backs. Their stress oversees issues like money, food and having a comfortable place to sleep. These are the people who accumulate much stress on their mind, and who are most affected by stress.

Being a student myself, I would say that I do face stress sometimes. I came from a new school this year and wasn’t ready for some of the things this school brought, a big example being midterms. In my old school, I had one or two final examinations and one midterm. But coming to this school, I experienced being tested on every single academic subject I had and having it count as I whole marking period grade. The whole midterms week, I was very frazzled and stressed. I was disorganized and confused. Eventually my studying paid off and I did fine on the midterms.

Another stressor for me this year was meeting new people and meeting new friends. I am a very very shy person, show having to talk to people I did not know and make new friends was another stressful time. But it has taught me to speak to people and to speak up more in class.

Stress can vary for every person. Of course the students' stress couldn’t measure up to the unemployed, but for a student it can be a load. Sometimes to see how stress affects each individual, you would need to see how he or she feels.

-Trisha Maini, of Jamesville, is a freshman at Christian Brothers Academy